Research Specialists

Job Summary

Research Specialists
The Division of Epidemiology in the Department of Internal Medicine is seeking a Research Analyst to support applied research at the intersection of healthcare, artificial intelligence, and data analysis. The primary focus of this role will be large language model (LLMs) and other machine learning model evaluation/deployment, clinical data pipeline development, and natural language processing (NLP)-based chart abstraction. The work will be performed using publicly available data, such as MIMIC-IV, and protected data from the University of Utah Health and the Veterans Health Administration within the UofU CHPC and VA VINCI secure computing environments. This position offers meaningful opportunities to engage in translational research that directly impacts patient care and health system operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and optimize data processing pipelines for clinical and research datasets using Python and SQL.
• Assist with the design, training, and evaluation of machine learning models applied to healthcare problems.
• Support research workflows within established Linux-based environments under technical supervision.
• Conduct exploratory data analysis and prepare visualizations and summary reports for research collaborators.
• Contribute to manuscript preparation, documentation, and reproducible research practices.
• Collaborate with clinical and research faculty, staff, and other trainees.
• Work within secure, access-controlled computing environments (e.g., VA VINCI, CHPC) following data governance and compliance requirements